Ukraine Trains 40,000 Troops for Spring Counter-Offensive Against Russia's 'Storm Z' Units.
Russian forces are reportedly forming new "Storm Z" units along their key front-line formations, according to a release obtained by a Ukrainian reserve officer. The Storm Z units are described as "independent, joint, tactical, combined-arms" units to be formed "for immediate operational use in performing particularly complex combat missions." The companies will be formed within elements of Russia's 8th Guard Combined Arms Army and the 1st Army Corps, the armed forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine.